Patient-Centric Quantitative Microsampling for Accurate Determination of Urine Albumin to Creatinine Ratio (UACR) in a Clinical Setting.
Lars LöfgrenMarianne von Euler ChelpinMaria BhatMagnus AlthageAndreas HoberFredrik EdforsTim RuckhBenjamin ChallisPia DavidssonTasso MiliotisPublished in: The journal of applied laboratory medicine (2024)
Both UACR microsampling measurements exhibit excellent accuracy and precision compared to a clinical chemistry analyzer using neat urine. We applied our patient-centric sampling strategy to subjects with heart failure in a clinical setting. Precise UACR measurements using quantitative microsampling at home would be beneficial in clinical drug development for kidney therapies.